Results La Route d'Occitanie 2026 Stage 2 | Noa Isidore wins tight Saint-Gaudens sprint after Decathlon hit front late

Noa Isidore sprinted to victory on Stage 2 of La Route d'Occitanie 2026, giving Decathlon CMA CGM Team the win after a fast, controlled finale in Saint-Gaudens.

The Frenchman crossed the line first after 200.5km from Cordes-sur-Ciel, beating Ronan Auge of Unibet Rose Rockets and Matteo Moschetti of Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team in a close finish.

Axel Zingle took fourth for Team Visma | Lease a Bike, with Stage 1 winner Thibaud Gruel fifth for Groupama-FDJ United.

Gruel launched the sprint inside the final few hundred metres after Groupama-FDJ United had again been visible at the front, but Decathlon had already moved into position with three riders towards the head of the bunch before the final kilometre. Isidore finished it off to take a notable win before the race heads towards its decisive climbing test.

The stage had earlier been shaped by a six-man breakaway of Theo Delacroix, Leandre Huck, Alexander Konijn, Laurens Huys, Cristian Damian Velez and Alexis Pagara. Groupama-FDJ United kept the move under control for much of the day while protecting Gruel’s race lead, with the gap hovering around two minutes through the middle of the stage.

Delacroix continued to collect points in the King of the Mountains competition, taking the Cote de Montgaillard ahead of Huck and Huys. Huck later emerged as the last survivor from the break, briefly pressing on alone before the peloton closed him down on the final lap in Saint-Gaudens.

The late Cote de La Serre de Nerous, 1.5km at 5.8%, helped stretch the bunch and brought more movement before the final run-in. Lukas Nerurkar, Davide Piganzoli and Simon Guglielmi picked up bonus seconds on the first passage of the finish line, while attacks from Yohann Simon and Joris Chaussinand were also brought back before the sprint.

Groupama-FDJ United and Bardiani CSF 7 Saber were among the teams keeping the race together late on, before Decathlon moved forward at the decisive moment. A crash involving Daniel Cavia was recorded inside the final 2km, but the stage victory was decided from the reduced front group, with Isidore denying Auge and Moschetti at the line.